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What Boss Ma said made sense. Although Zhou Buqi felt like being fooled by him again, he still felt that it was right.

This matter really should be based on a sound strategy.

In Yahoo's current board of directors, the American capital model has been played to the fullest, and a set of extremely complicated gameplay has been created. Let alone outsiders like Zhou Buqi, even their insiders are confused.

Really can't be too aggressive.

Yang Zhiyuan's influence in Yahoo is so great, so this time the capital market mobilized to buy Yahoo as a whole, it should come to an end without a problem.

Judging from the foresight and foresight, it is indeed the case.

For the next development, Yahoo can only sell part of its Asian assets in exchange for money, and after getting the money, it will regroup and start again.

But which assets to sell?
Should I sell the 35% stake in Softbank Japan, or the 40% stake in Alibaba?
According to Boss Ma's strategy, the assets sold by Yahoo will be Ali's shares.Because Masayoshi Son is working on a major event, he has formed a consortium with several capital institutions and wants to acquire Yahoo as a whole.This will inevitably arouse Yang Zhiyuan's dissatisfaction and spark conflicts between the two.

And Yang Zhiyuan likes to act emotionally. When he was most critical, Sun Zhengyi stabbed him in the back. Can he let Sun Zhengyi get his wish to get the 35% shares of Yahoo Japan?

Coincidentally, at this time, Boss Ma got in touch with Yang Zhiyuan in private, expressed his support to him, and sent him a wave of warmth... In this way, Yang Zhiyuan will definitely sell part of Ali's stock to alleviate Yahoo's financial crisis.

If you help me, I will help you, and you will make concessions to Boss Ma in terms of control.

Boss Ma's goal has also been achieved. With Sun Zhengyi's background board, he can smoothly recover 20% of Ali's voting rights, and you're done.

If he followed Zhou Buqi's ambitious style of play and cooperated with Boss Ma and wanted to be cruel to Yahoo, it would be good if he succeeded, but it would be miserable if he failed.

Boss Ma did not have this strategy of catering to Yang Zhiyuan's thinking, so whether Yahoo will choose to sell Ali's stock in the future is a question.

Even if Ali's stock is sold, is it okay to sell this part of the stock to other third-party institutions?Or when selling stocks, ask to retain voting rights, so as to continue to control Ali, what should I do?
This is a huge risk for Ali.

If Yang Zhiyuan finally decides to sell the 35% stake in Yahoo Japan to deal with the financial crisis, it will be even worse.

Boss Ma can no longer take back control of Ali, and Zhou Buqi also lost the opportunity to get the 35% stake in Yahoo Japan. It is of no strategic significance for Ziweixing Japan and Yahoo Japan to reach an in-depth strategic cooperation and strengthen the local flavor. up.

In the end, it can only be a bamboo basket to fetch water in vain.

As for whether the ambitious plan can succeed...

almost impossible.

Boss Ma has already laid the groundwork.

In 08, Carl Icahn, a Wall Street capital operation tycoon, united more than a dozen big names in various industries and jointly launched an attack on Yahoo.

Yang Zhiyuan turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain. He played with this group of capital forces between applause and made them unable to get all locked up in stocks.

Looking back, Yang Zhiyuan made a decision back then. He wanted to lay off the technology department, business department, operation department, etc. of Yahoo Search, and chose to outsource his own search services to Google... For Yahoo, it is true. It's wielding a sword from the palace.

But for Yang Zhiyuan, he has practiced the evil sword technique.

It can be called a magic stroke of power struggle.

When Microsoft wants to acquire Yahoo, the most important thing is Yahoo's search resources.In order to prevent Microsoft's acquisition, Yang Zhiyuan emasculated himself and voluntarily gave up the search business, and chose to join Google, which was a fatal blow to Microsoft.

In this way, Microsoft will no longer bid and will give up the acquisition.

Those employers who wanted to buy low and sell high to make a fortune were all held by Yang Zhiyuan.The only purpose of the management is to make money, but as long as Yang Zhiyuan doesn't let go, they will never want to make money.

Although the evil spirit sword technique is evil, it is really powerful.

Megatron has shocked the world, but his reputation is too bad.

Foresight is useless in the operation of such details. Zhou Buqi does not think that his level of capital operation can be compared with that of a battle-hardened boss like Carl Icahn.

Even Carl Icahn can't do it, so why do it yourself?

It's better to be honest and safe, and don't think about a wave of big overall acquisitions of Yahoo.

This is probably also the function of Boss Ma's set of words connecting the past and the future. It was like a blunt knife cutting through flesh, and it made Zhou Buqi shelve his bold and heroic plan little by little.

Zhou Buqi sighed, "As far as fooling people, you are better."

Boss Ma couldn't help laughing and said, "Who fooled you? What I'm talking about is objective facts. If you don't believe me, go back and check it out carefully. Present the facts, explain the evidence, and then make your own judgment."

Zhou Buqi said: "I'm just too kind."

"What?" Boss Ma thought he heard it wrong, "You are kind? You are planning to cooperate with the wolves of capital and want to remove Yang Zhiyuan from Yahoo's board of directors. Are you still kind?"

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Can it be the same? Yang Zhiyuan is Chinese, American, and foreigner. You don't know how I treat you? I got the best 35% of Yahoo Japan's shares. If you can't get it, it won't affect much, it's just icing on the cake. If I really have to choose, I promise to work hard to make a big one!"

Boss Ma shook his head, "The risk is too great, it is almost impossible to succeed."

Zhou Buqi snorted coldly: "What are you afraid of when there is a big risk? What I am most afraid of is risk! Besides, even if I fail, how much loss will I have? I am worried about you. If you mess up, you will be unable to do anything." Withdrawing 20% ​​of the voting rights from Yahoo will affect your control over Ali. Do you think I chose to back down because of myself?"

Boss Ma laughed loudly, "You are not bad at fooling people."

Zhou Buqi said solemnly: "I didn't fool you, you take your time and think about it, is this the case? Whether you want to win Yahoo, or whether you want to win the 35% of Yahoo Japan's shares, yes For me, the impact is not big at all. But for you, taking back 20% of Ali’s shares is an imminent thing that must be done.”

"Yes, I should thank you for your concession." Boss Ma nodded sincerely, accepting this statement, "Even if you take a step back, it's not like you have no money to make. If you have the ability to recover the 20% of the shares, , you can take up to 15%, and you are guaranteed to have several times the income in the future."

"Ugh!"

Zhou Buqi sighed.

I am still quite satisfied.

It seems that in terms of the level of fooling people, he is still better.

This time, Boss Ma played a big game of chess and took back 20% of the shares from Yahoo... and then most of them fell into Zhou Buqi's pocket. How many times the income? In the future, it will be at least a dozen double the income.And in this process, Boss Ma would also like to thank him a thousand times, thank him for putting down his body to earn this money.

It was as if Boss Ma was begging to send him money.

Boss Ma said with emotion: "Yahoo's board of directors is too complicated now. If you can't participate, it's best not to participate. I just contact Yang Zhiyuan in private, and don't have too much entanglement with their board of directors."

Zhou Buqi said: "This is the safest strategy."

"Be safe, okay?" Boss Ma said earnestly, "No one is afraid of wearing shoes if you are barefoot. Now that you have such a big social status and influence, there is no need to make such a big fuss. Even if you succeed, you will It will offend a lot of people, and the loss outweighs the gain. The American elite is also a society of human relationships, and it is not easy for Ziweixing to create such a big business in the United States. It is better to form good relationships and have more people who can help you speak."

Zhou Buqi agrees very much, thinking that this is an old-fashioned view.

Boss Ma said unabashedly: "Sun Zhengyi charged very hard this time. It seems that he wants to eat Yahoo all in one go. His determination is much firmer than yours, and he has contacted almost all the shareholders of the capital. Look at it. Well, as long as Yang Zhiyuan survives this test and Yahoo doesn’t sell, those capitalists will feel cheated and humiliated just like they did in 08. Sun Zhengyi’s relationship in the capital circle will be cold, and he will be unwelcome. Just like Carl Icahn."

Zhou Buqi twitched the corner of his mouth, "You are still ruthless."

Boss Ma glanced at him, and said calmly: "Don't think I'm trying to persuade you, I'm doing it for your own good, so that you won't be as cold as Sun Zhengyi."

Zhou Buqi said: "It's a pity, this is a rare opportunity."

"Ah?" Boss Ma was a little amused, "It's all right if you get Ali's stock? Isn't that enough for you? Do you really want to eat all the cakes in one go? Besides, with Yahoo's current chaos... Just watch, even if we can survive this time, it won’t be long before new crises and new turmoil will appear soon.”

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Well, it's also a good thing. As you said, take Yahoo as a class to learn the relationship between American-style capital and companies, and to understand their board of directors' power operation mechanism."

Boss Ma said: "Yes, learn lessons and sum up experience. Yahoo was so good back then, but Yang Zhiyuan made one wrong step and one wrong step, and it turned into a mess."

Zhou Buqi asked: "If you were in a situation like Yahoo, what would you do?"

"I will quit!" Boss Ma said frankly, "A company is a company, and an entrepreneur is an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs start a company, but the company does not only belong to entrepreneurs. If an entrepreneur loses his ability, he should quit quickly and let others Those who are capable will step up. Anyway, don’t worry, just keep watching Yahoo, there will still be opportunities, this time, bear with it and watch the show first.”